Foot to Inch Converter

Foot

The foot (symbol: ft or ′) is a unit of length in the British imperial and United States customary systems of measurement.

Definition of a foot: one foot is defined as 0.3048 meters exactly. In both customary and imperial units, one foot comprises 12 inches and one yard comprises three feet.

The plural of foot is feet. The foot is often used to measure and express height of a person. In the aviation, the flying altitude is also expressed in feet (e.g. 'we are flying at a height of 30,000 feet').

The length of the international foot corresponds to a human foot with shoe size of 13 (UK), 14 (US male), 15.5 (US female) or 48 (EU sizing).

Inch

The inch (symbol: in or ″) is a unit of length in the British imperial and the United States customary systems of measurement. It is equal to 1/36 yard or 1/12 of a foot. The word inch has been derived from the Roman word uncia (meaning 'twelfth'). There are 12 inches in a foot. Currently an inch is defined as exactly 25.4 millimeters.

Inch is regularly used in Britain and the Commonwealth countries like India, Australia, Canada etc. It is often used to express the height of a person (for example, 'John is 5 feet 9 inches (5′ 9″)'). In most of continental Europe, the inch is also used informally as a measure for display screens. (e.g. 42 inch TV)

Feet To Inches Table